Rodney Ferguson

Board Director

Lonergan Partners is pleased to announce that Dr. Rodney Ferguson, Ph.D. has been appointed to the Board of Directors at Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. He will serve on Hercules’ Compensation Committee. The Search was led by Dotty Schaffer.

About Rodney

Dr. Ferguson is a co-founder of Panorama Capital, a venture capital firm which spun off from JPMorgan Partners (“JPMP”) in July 2006, where he focuses primarily on life sciences investments. Prior to that, from 2001 to 2006, he was a Managing Director at JPMP in their life sciences venture practice. From 1999 to 2001, Dr. Ferguson was a partner at InterWest Partners (“InterWest”), a venture capital firm, where he focused on life sciences investments. Before joining InterWest, he held a variety of management positions over an 11-year career at Genentech, Inc., most recently as Senior Director of Business and Corporate Development responsible for worldwide licensing transactions for both technology and pharmaceutical products. Prior to joining Genentech in 1988, Dr. Ferguson was an associate with the law firm McCutchen, Doyle, Brown, & Enersen from 1984 to 1988.

Dr. Ferguson has served on the technology advisory board of The Economist since 2004. Dr. Ferguson has served on the boards of directors of Itero BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. and CardioKinetix, Inc. since 2008 and on the board of directors of Alvine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since 2013. Dr. Ferguson also serves as chairman of the board of InnVision Shelter Network, a non-profit organization, and has been a member of its board of directors since 2008.

Dr. Ferguson received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in Biochemistry from the University of Illinois, a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and a J.D. cum laude from Northwestern University.

About Hercules Capital

Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. (NYSE: HTGC) (“Hercules”) is the leading specialty finance company focused on providing senior secured loans to venture capital-backed companies in technology-related industries, including technology, biotechnology, life science, and energy & renewable technology, at all stages of development. Since inception (December 2003), Hercules has committed more than $4.9 billion to over 310 companies and is the lender of choice for entrepreneurs and venture capital firms seeking growth capital financing.